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***Live Updates*** Trump Launches 2020 Re-Election Campaign

President Donald Trump will launch his 2020 re-election campaign on Tuesday evening in Orlando, Florida. Crowds have been waiting for 40 hours to get into the 25,000 capacity Amway Center, and movie screens will be outside for the overflow crowd.

The Trump campaign is also using the 2020 launch event to promote watch parties across the nation and register voters to organize Trump’s grassroots supporters.

In 1984, President Ronald Reagan also launched his re-election campaign in an Orange County (Mile Square Park in Southern California) and went on to win 49 states in trouncing Democrat Walter Mondale. Trump will have a much tougher path back the White House—much of it because of self-inflicted wounds and advisers who are not versed in the America-first agenda that got Trump elected in 2016—and tonight’s rally will be a chance for Trump to try to get his swagger back and energize his supporters.



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Stay tuned to Breitbart News throughout the evening for live updates. All times eastern.

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9:35 PM: Trump wraps up his rally a week before Democrats start their debate season. He’ll be on Telemundo tomorrow.

9:25 PM: Big cheers for Trump’s pro-life message:

Trump says Republicans believe that ā€œevery life is a sacred gift from Godā€ after blasting Democrats for ā€œripping babies straight from the mother’s womb.ā€ He says some Democrats, especially in Virginia, back ā€œexecution after birth.ā€


Michigan woman arrested for allegedly starving, torturing disabled sister-in-law she locked in basement
South Carolina pastor, wife arrested after alleged sexual, physical abuse of foster children
Dem lawmaker calls for TSA to bring back shoes-off airport security policy
Former Fort Bragg employee charged with leaking classified military information to journalist
Wisconsin couple allegedly starved six children for years, forcing them to eat mold, bugs and dog food
Trump seeks to wipe away entire New York civil fraud judgement
Acting AG Todd Blanche Says DOJ Has Over 8,000 Fraud Cases Underway, And It’s the Tip of the Iceberg
Missouri Incumbents Voted Out a Week After Ignoring Public Pressure on Data Center
Suspect in Iryna Zarutska Killing Declared ‘Incapable to Proceed’ in Murder Trial
BREAKING: FBI Arrests Ex-SOCOM Employee Over Leak to Media 48 Hours After Trump Said Justice Was Coming for Leakers – DEVELOPING
Dem senator ripped for ‘smear’ of female activist advocating for Swalwell’s accusers: ‘Very bad look’
Hero High School Principal Takes a Bullet to Stop School Shooter
DOJ Opens Criminal Investigation Into Cassidy Hutchinson, Democrats’ Star Jan. 6 Witness: Report
Top school district slapped with complaint alleging ‘elaborate system’ to keep kids’ gender transitions secret
Fox News Poll: Record number say taxes are too high; government spending seen as wasteful

9:21 PM: Trump rips Sanders for not doing too well lately and criticizes Democrats running for president for embracing his Medicare for All plan.

Trump says: ā€œAmerica will never be a socialist country. Ever. Republicans do not believe in socialism. We believe in freedom.ā€

9:15 PM: Ā Trump says the Democrats’ embrace of open borders and illegal immigration is ā€œmorally reprehensible and it’s the greatest betrayl of the American middle class and, frankly, American life our country has as a whole…nobody has seen anything like it.ā€

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He says illegal immigration cuts off the path of the most vulnerable Americans and schoolchildren are being threatened by illegal MS-13 gangsters. He says mass illegal migration reduces living standards and strains public resources. Trump says if Democrats had to send their children to those overcrowded schools, they would not ā€œtolerate it for one minute.ā€ He says Democrats can get together with Republicans to solve the problem quickly in one meeting. He now blasts Democrats in California for giving health care to illegals instead of helping homeless citizens. He says Democrats support sanctuary cities and thanks Gov. DeSantis for ending the ā€œhorrible disasterā€ in Florida.


Michigan woman arrested for allegedly starving, torturing disabled sister-in-law she locked in basement
South Carolina pastor, wife arrested after alleged sexual, physical abuse of foster children
Dem lawmaker calls for TSA to bring back shoes-off airport security policy
Former Fort Bragg employee charged with leaking classified military information to journalist
Wisconsin couple allegedly starved six children for years, forcing them to eat mold, bugs and dog food
Trump seeks to wipe away entire New York civil fraud judgement
Acting AG Todd Blanche Says DOJ Has Over 8,000 Fraud Cases Underway, And It’s the Tip of the Iceberg
Missouri Incumbents Voted Out a Week After Ignoring Public Pressure on Data Center
Suspect in Iryna Zarutska Killing Declared ‘Incapable to Proceed’ in Murder Trial
BREAKING: FBI Arrests Ex-SOCOM Employee Over Leak to Media 48 Hours After Trump Said Justice Was Coming for Leakers – DEVELOPING
Dem senator ripped for ‘smear’ of female activist advocating for Swalwell’s accusers: ‘Very bad look’
Hero High School Principal Takes a Bullet to Stop School Shooter
DOJ Opens Criminal Investigation Into Cassidy Hutchinson, Democrats’ Star Jan. 6 Witness: Report
Top school district slapped with complaint alleging ‘elaborate system’ to keep kids’ gender transitions secret
Fox News Poll: Record number say taxes are too high; government spending seen as wasteful

9:10 PM: Trump says tariffs are working and America has added 16,000 manufacturing jobs a month since he took office while the country was losing thousands of manufacturing job a month before that. Referring to Obama’s ā€œmagic wandā€ comments, Trump says he’ll tell ā€œSleepy Joeā€ Biden that he found the ā€œmagic wandā€ to bring back manufacturing jobs. He now brags about getting ā€œright to tryā€ legislation passed.

9:00 PM: Trump now introduces Sarah Huckabee Sanders and predicts she will run for governor. She says she has been in the front row of history to see him make ā€œdrastic changesā€ to make America great. She says ā€œhe’s fighting for all of the people in this roomā€ and ā€œwill have an incredible six more years to make our country stronger than it has ever been.ā€

Trump says the Democrats are becoming ā€œmore radical,ā€ dangerous and more unhinged than at any point in history.


Michigan woman arrested for allegedly starving, torturing disabled sister-in-law she locked in basement
South Carolina pastor, wife arrested after alleged sexual, physical abuse of foster children
Dem lawmaker calls for TSA to bring back shoes-off airport security policy
Former Fort Bragg employee charged with leaking classified military information to journalist
Wisconsin couple allegedly starved six children for years, forcing them to eat mold, bugs and dog food
Trump seeks to wipe away entire New York civil fraud judgement
Acting AG Todd Blanche Says DOJ Has Over 8,000 Fraud Cases Underway, And It’s the Tip of the Iceberg
Missouri Incumbents Voted Out a Week After Ignoring Public Pressure on Data Center
Suspect in Iryna Zarutska Killing Declared ‘Incapable to Proceed’ in Murder Trial
BREAKING: FBI Arrests Ex-SOCOM Employee Over Leak to Media 48 Hours After Trump Said Justice Was Coming for Leakers – DEVELOPING
Dem senator ripped for ‘smear’ of female activist advocating for Swalwell’s accusers: ‘Very bad look’
Hero High School Principal Takes a Bullet to Stop School Shooter
DOJ Opens Criminal Investigation Into Cassidy Hutchinson, Democrats’ Star Jan. 6 Witness: Report
Top school district slapped with complaint alleging ‘elaborate system’ to keep kids’ gender transitions secret
Fox News Poll: Record number say taxes are too high; government spending seen as wasteful

8:57 PM: Trump claims he has never forgotten who sent him to the White House. Says he only thinks about how the American people can ā€œwin, win, win todayā€ when he sits as his desk. He says there have been ā€œfew presidents that have been able to do what we have been able to do for you. It is a great, great feeling. I love it.ā€ He says he is ā€œbreaking the most sacred rule in Washington politicsā€ā€“ā€œkeeping our promises to the American people.ā€ He says his only special interest is the voters.

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8:54 PM: Trump tells the audience he is standing before them to officially launch his re-election campaign. Ā ā€œI will never ever let you down,ā€ Trump says. ā€œI won’t.ā€ He says he is profoundly thankful to his family.


Michigan woman arrested for allegedly starving, torturing disabled sister-in-law she locked in basement
South Carolina pastor, wife arrested after alleged sexual, physical abuse of foster children
Dem lawmaker calls for TSA to bring back shoes-off airport security policy
Former Fort Bragg employee charged with leaking classified military information to journalist
Wisconsin couple allegedly starved six children for years, forcing them to eat mold, bugs and dog food
Trump seeks to wipe away entire New York civil fraud judgement
Acting AG Todd Blanche Says DOJ Has Over 8,000 Fraud Cases Underway, And It’s the Tip of the Iceberg
Missouri Incumbents Voted Out a Week After Ignoring Public Pressure on Data Center
Suspect in Iryna Zarutska Killing Declared ‘Incapable to Proceed’ in Murder Trial
BREAKING: FBI Arrests Ex-SOCOM Employee Over Leak to Media 48 Hours After Trump Said Justice Was Coming for Leakers – DEVELOPING
Dem senator ripped for ‘smear’ of female activist advocating for Swalwell’s accusers: ‘Very bad look’
Hero High School Principal Takes a Bullet to Stop School Shooter
DOJ Opens Criminal Investigation Into Cassidy Hutchinson, Democrats’ Star Jan. 6 Witness: Report
Top school district slapped with complaint alleging ‘elaborate system’ to keep kids’ gender transitions secret
Fox News Poll: Record number say taxes are too high; government spending seen as wasteful

8:47 PM: Trump says China took Obama and Biden for ā€œsuckersā€ to take advantage of the US on trade.

8:45 PM: Trump rips the Washington insiders who have been ā€œrigging the system so your losses will be their gainsā€ while blasting the bipartisan political establishment for the flat wages and the loss of manufacturing jobs in addition to the ā€œavalanche of job-killing regulationsā€ and ā€œone bad trade deal after another.ā€ He rips Clinton for calling his supporters ā€œdeplorablesā€ and says ā€œirredemablesā€ was probably worse.


Michigan woman arrested for allegedly starving, torturing disabled sister-in-law she locked in basement
South Carolina pastor, wife arrested after alleged sexual, physical abuse of foster children
Dem lawmaker calls for TSA to bring back shoes-off airport security policy
Former Fort Bragg employee charged with leaking classified military information to journalist
Wisconsin couple allegedly starved six children for years, forcing them to eat mold, bugs and dog food
Trump seeks to wipe away entire New York civil fraud judgement
Acting AG Todd Blanche Says DOJ Has Over 8,000 Fraud Cases Underway, And It’s the Tip of the Iceberg
Missouri Incumbents Voted Out a Week After Ignoring Public Pressure on Data Center
Suspect in Iryna Zarutska Killing Declared ‘Incapable to Proceed’ in Murder Trial
BREAKING: FBI Arrests Ex-SOCOM Employee Over Leak to Media 48 Hours After Trump Said Justice Was Coming for Leakers – DEVELOPING
Dem senator ripped for ‘smear’ of female activist advocating for Swalwell’s accusers: ‘Very bad look’
Hero High School Principal Takes a Bullet to Stop School Shooter
DOJ Opens Criminal Investigation Into Cassidy Hutchinson, Democrats’ Star Jan. 6 Witness: Report
Top school district slapped with complaint alleging ‘elaborate system’ to keep kids’ gender transitions secret
Fox News Poll: Record number say taxes are too high; government spending seen as wasteful

8:38 PM: Trump rips Democrats for giving a ā€œfree passā€ to Hillary Clinton while the crowd chants ā€œlock her up.ā€ Trump says if he deleted even a ā€œlove noteā€ to Melania, he would get the electric chair. He asks voters to show up to ā€œshut down this rigged system.ā€ He predicts another ā€œearthquakeā€ Ā to ā€œfinish the jobā€ as the crowd chants ā€œfour more years.ā€

8:35 PM: Trump says Democrats don’t want the wall because he is president and ask the crowd to imagine what the caravans would look like had some barriers not been in place. Trump says ā€œDemocrats want to splinter us into factions and tribes…. They want us divided.ā€ Trump says ā€œthis election is not merely a verdictā€ on the amazing progress he has made but on the ā€œun-American conductā€ of those who wanted ā€œundermine you.ā€ He says 2020 is a verdict on whether we want to live in a country where people who lose elections want to spend two years shredding the constitution and ripping the country apart because they refuse to concede.


Michigan woman arrested for allegedly starving, torturing disabled sister-in-law she locked in basement
South Carolina pastor, wife arrested after alleged sexual, physical abuse of foster children
Dem lawmaker calls for TSA to bring back shoes-off airport security policy
Former Fort Bragg employee charged with leaking classified military information to journalist
Wisconsin couple allegedly starved six children for years, forcing them to eat mold, bugs and dog food
Trump seeks to wipe away entire New York civil fraud judgement
Acting AG Todd Blanche Says DOJ Has Over 8,000 Fraud Cases Underway, And It’s the Tip of the Iceberg
Missouri Incumbents Voted Out a Week After Ignoring Public Pressure on Data Center
Suspect in Iryna Zarutska Killing Declared ‘Incapable to Proceed’ in Murder Trial
BREAKING: FBI Arrests Ex-SOCOM Employee Over Leak to Media 48 Hours After Trump Said Justice Was Coming for Leakers – DEVELOPING
Dem senator ripped for ‘smear’ of female activist advocating for Swalwell’s accusers: ‘Very bad look’
Hero High School Principal Takes a Bullet to Stop School Shooter
DOJ Opens Criminal Investigation Into Cassidy Hutchinson, Democrats’ Star Jan. 6 Witness: Report
Top school district slapped with complaint alleging ‘elaborate system’ to keep kids’ gender transitions secret
Fox News Poll: Record number say taxes are too high; government spending seen as wasteful
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8:33 PM: Trump warns Democrats want to pack the courts and radicalize judges. He says look what Democrats did to Kavanaugh… Trump says they didn’t want to win but wanted to ā€œdestroy him with false and malicious accusations.ā€ Trump asks the crowd to imagine what the ā€œangry, left-wing mobā€ would do if they were in charge of the country in 2020. He says they would ā€œshut down your free speech,ā€ ā€œuse the power of the law to punish their opponents,ā€ which Trump says they are trying to do. He says they will ā€œstrip Americans of their Constitutional rightsā€ while flooding the country with illegals with hopes that they will expand their political base. Crowd chants: ā€œBuild The Wall.ā€


Michigan woman arrested for allegedly starving, torturing disabled sister-in-law she locked in basement
South Carolina pastor, wife arrested after alleged sexual, physical abuse of foster children
Dem lawmaker calls for TSA to bring back shoes-off airport security policy
Former Fort Bragg employee charged with leaking classified military information to journalist
Wisconsin couple allegedly starved six children for years, forcing them to eat mold, bugs and dog food
Trump seeks to wipe away entire New York civil fraud judgement
Acting AG Todd Blanche Says DOJ Has Over 8,000 Fraud Cases Underway, And It’s the Tip of the Iceberg
Missouri Incumbents Voted Out a Week After Ignoring Public Pressure on Data Center
Suspect in Iryna Zarutska Killing Declared ‘Incapable to Proceed’ in Murder Trial
BREAKING: FBI Arrests Ex-SOCOM Employee Over Leak to Media 48 Hours After Trump Said Justice Was Coming for Leakers – DEVELOPING
Dem senator ripped for ‘smear’ of female activist advocating for Swalwell’s accusers: ‘Very bad look’
Hero High School Principal Takes a Bullet to Stop School Shooter
DOJ Opens Criminal Investigation Into Cassidy Hutchinson, Democrats’ Star Jan. 6 Witness: Report
Top school district slapped with complaint alleging ‘elaborate system’ to keep kids’ gender transitions secret
Fox News Poll: Record number say taxes are too high; government spending seen as wasteful

8:32 PM: Trump rips Democrats for their ā€œhatred,ā€ ā€œprejudice,ā€ and ā€œrageā€ and says they want to ā€œdestroy youā€ andĀ Ā ā€œdestroy our country as we know it. Not acceptable and it’s not going to happen.ā€ Trump also mocks Obama (without mentioning McConnell), thanking him for not appointing judges so he could appoint conservative judges.

8:31 PM:Trump still going on about the ā€œwitch hunt.ā€ He claims they ā€œare going after youā€ to ā€œtry to erase your voteā€ and ā€œerase your legacyā€ re: ā€œthe greatest election probably in the history of the country.ā€ He says they ā€œwanted to deny you the future you demandedā€ and deserve.

8:29 PM: 2020 candidate Inslee implies Trump not a ā€œpatriot.ā€

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